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Rhondda Cynon Taf Election Results 2008
The following Election Results have been confirmed for the 2008 Local Council Elections in Rhondda Cynon Taf : Taff Ely Beddau (1 seat) Sian Assaratti (Ind) 437 votes Richard Yeo (Lab) 433 votes Brynna (1 seat) Roger Turner (Ind) Church Village (1 seat) Graham Stacey (Lab) 600 votes Rhys Watkins (Plaid) 424 votes Cilfynydd (1 seat) Barrie Morgan (Lab) 318 votes Robert Davies (Plaid) 71 votes Steve Logan [...]
Cider Weekend April 26th & 27th at Llantwit Fardre
Wales’ largest cidermaker, Gwynt Y Ddraig will be opening their doors to the public over the weekend of the 26th and 27th April for a cider making and tasting weekend. Over the course of the weekend at Llest Farm, Llantwit Fardre, 12 of Gwynt Y Ddraig’s award-winning ciders and perries (fermented pear juice) will be [...]
Tennis sessions at Llantrisant for people with disabilities
Tennis sessions are on offer this spring for people with disabilities who would like to try the game. Rhondda Cynon Taf’s Disability Sports Officer, Shelley Jones, is working with Dragon Sport and Llantrisant Tennis Club to organise the tennis sessions for people with disabilities. There will be a schools ‘taster day’ on Wednesday, May 21, at [...]
Ramblers Open Day at Dare Valley on 19th April
Cynon Valley Ramblers Open Day will be held at Dare Valley Country Park on Saturday 19th April from 11am to 3pm. Members of the local walking group will be manning stands providing a wealth of information, with details of walking holidays, programmes of local walks, leaflets on the health benefits of walking, details of local map [...]
Table Tennis Champion from Tonyrefail
A Tonyrefail schoolgirl hit the heights of the big city when she competed in a top table tennis championship in London. Carys Webster from Gilfach Goch competed at the West London Under 13 Girls Table Tennis Championship and came an admirable fourth from throughout the country. The youngster is a member of Table Tennis For Kids (TTK) [...]
Cyfarfod Cyhoeddus Papur Bro Clochdar 23 Ebrill
Bydd cyfarfod cyhoeddus yn Festri Siloa, Aberdar ar Nos Fercher, Ebrill 23ain am 6.45 yn hwyr. Cyfarfod gohebwyr, dosbarthwyr a chefnogwyr. Bwriedir trafod dyfodol Clochdar ac effaith Grant gan Cymunedau’n Gyntaf. Hefyd … trafod dathliadau ar gyfer 21ain mlynedd ar gychwyn y papur yn Rhagfyr 1988. Croeso i bawb.
April Cymanfa Ganu in Rhondda Cynon Taff
The valleys of music and song will ring aloud with voices performing in harmony at a special series of cymanfa ganu festivals held throughout Rhondda Cynon Taf. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Music in the Community Initiative, the Mayor of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Jane Ward and founder of the scheme Father Paul Bigmore [...]
Netball League marks Successful First Season
A netball league set up to give youngsters and adults across South Wales the chance to play at competitive level has just celebrated a successful first season. The A470 League, based at Garth Olwg Community School, Church Village, Pontypridd, was established to provide regular opportunities for teams in the area to play netball at a competitive [...]
Treorchy Library Improvements are Coming
Treorchy Library has successfully obtained £100,000 worth of Welsh Assembly Government Funding to improve disabled access and introduce more facilities for young people. Welsh Assembly Government Heritage Minister, Rhodri Glyn Thomas announced that £2.5 million pounds would be invested in Welsh libraries this year, including £1.5 million for upgrading current library buildings. Staff at Treorchy Library were [...]
Frank Vickery Roots And Wings at Muni, April 28th 2008
From the same team that brought you the smash hit comedies ‘Granny Annie’ and ‘A Night On The Tiles’ comes Frank Vickery’s classic ‘Roots And Wings’, at The Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd from Monday 28 April to Saturday 3 May at 7.30pm, as part of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Cultural Services It’s No Joke season. It [...]
Get a Taste for Different Transport, April 17th 2008
Get on track to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital this month for an event that aims to promote different forms of transport. The partnership day has been organised to promote alternative transport means to residents, patients and staff and to raise awareness of the health benefits of “active travel”. Taking place from 10am to 3.30pm on April 17 [...]
Trehafod Bridge Closure
Major strengthening and refurbishment works are being carried out on Lower Eirw Bridge in Trehafod over the next 30 weeks. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council will be forced to close the bridge during this period because of its extremely poor condition. The steelwork has high areas of corrosion, plate lamination and section reduction. The parapets [...]
Cylch announces extra funding
Cylch - the Welsh community recycling network - announce that the Welsh Assembly Government has awarded the community recycling sector in Wales £3 million over three years to help build capacity. This will be designed to help member organisations achieve the investment necessary for them to be sustainable long-term social enterprises. Cylch has been working [...]
New Rhondda Cynon Taff Nature Reserve Opens
A new Nature Reserve has officially opened in Rhondda Cynon Taff - in the heart of Pontypridd - with help from local children. Pupils from Coed-y-Lan primary school joined a walk to mark the opening of the Craig yr Hesg Local Nature Reserve, Graigwen. Pupils from Coed-y-Lan primary school joined a walk to mark the opening of [...]
RCT Council ‘Green’ Information Day at the Muni, Pontypridd on April 18th, 2008
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s are holdindg an Open Day with an ‘eco’ flavour at the Muni in Pontypridd on Friday April 18. Open from 10am to 2pm, the day will include experts who can provide advice, support and guidance, free samples of products that can save energy, details of grants that can help you think green [...]
Campaign to restore rare Conwy fruit orchard (via Icwales)
THEY’RE the long-forgotten native fruit trees that once kept medieval Wales fed long before the days of the supermarket Golden Delicious. Nestling in the shadow of Conwy’s town walls, an unloved patch of scrubland contains the last remnants of a centuries-old orchard containing rare varieties of apples, pears and the unusual Denbigh plum. But a campaign has [...]
Mountain Ash Dyffryn Woods woodland improvements
Residents living near Dyffryn Woods, Mountain Ash, can enjoy a much-improved environment when they are out and about this spring. The footway through the woodland area is being resurfaced and ornamental chains have been renewed around the nearby war memorial. The £30,000 programme of work, which is nearing completion, has been made possible following a ‘106 [...]
Worms and Bugs Sing about the Joys of Compost
Move over Rhys Cycle… here are a couple of singing and dancing worms and bugs who know a thing or two about composting. YouTube Linkvideo link
Darling of the environment movement?
The Cat - Centre for Alternative Technology - in Machynlleth offer their reaction to Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Budget 2008… There were some green measures in Chancellor Alistair Darling’s red box. But these offerings are only small steps in the right direction. There was £26 million promised to make homes greener. But… this is only about £1 for [...]
Can Wales Tackle the Energy Challenges of the Future ?
According to Welsh Assembly Government First Minister, Wales is rising to the challenge of the changing world of energy and leading the way in the UK. At an Energy Summit this week the First Minister said that since he last met delegates at the annual summit, the pace of change in the energy sector has continued [...]